Zelensky and EU leaders will discuss urgent matters, including air defense. He expresses gratitude to countries for providing equipment, weapons, and ammunition. EU initiated membership talks with Ukraine a decade after Russian troops seized the Crimean Peninsula. On Thursday, Ukraine’s president urged European Union leaders to fulfill their pledges to provide military equipment to his … Read more
EU leaders are suspicious of US push for a price ceiling on oil. The idea aims to prevent the Kremlin from pocketing sky-high oil income. EU will reduce imports of Russian oil by 90% by the end of the year, says Ursula von der Leyen. As they prepared for a G7 discussion on the matter, EU … Read more
The situation in Ukraine is currently the focus of a comprehensive conversation between EU leaders “Currently, there is a broad debate on Ukraine and the continuation of the morning discussion on the Western Balkans. At the moment, a short break has been announced, but the meeting will be resumed soon,” said diplomatic sources The situation … Read more
President of the European Council Charles Michel published an invitation letter to the Council members Now is the time to acknowledge that the future of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia lies within the EU. I will invite you to grant candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. Prior to the Council’s upcoming meeting in Brussels on June … Read more
The African Union’s chairman warns EU leaders that excluding Russian banks from the SWIFT financial messaging system might jeopardize food supply to the continent. “When the SWIFT system is disrupted that means that even if the products exist, payment becomes complicated, if not impossible,” Senegalese President Macky Sall stated. He said, “I would like to … Read more
President of the European Council Charles Michel tweeted on Monday night that EU leaders had decided to prohibit “more than two-thirds” of Russian oil imports into the union, describing the action as “maximum pressure” on Russia to halt the crisis. Read more: European Council is ready to grant Ukraine 9 billion euros “Tonight #EUCO agreed … Read more
European Union leaders have agreed “on principle” on a new sanctions package against Russia, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said in a news conference on Monday following a summit in Brussels. “I’m very glad that the leaders were able to agree in principle on the sixth sanctions package, this is very … Read more
Ukraine is hoping to obtain weeks candidate USA’s reputation for becoming a member of the European Union, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday as he met with the EU’s envoy to Ukraine in Kyiv. Zelensky surpassed the envoy, Matti Maasikas, in volumes in response to a membership questionnaire brought through European Commission chief Ursula von … Read more
BERLIN: President Volodymyr Zelensky’s adviser claimed Kyiv wanted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to come and commit further armament delivery, explaining the snub. On Tuesday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he had offered to visit Ukraine alongside other EU leaders, but Kiev had refused. German diplomats saw the action against Steinmeier, a former foreign minister who … Read more
